Tag: Race
Minorities face more obstacles to a lifesaving organ transplant
Camilla Nonterah, University of Richmond
Patients who experience organ failure need a transplant to improve their odds of survival and to achieve a better quality...
23% of young black women now identify as bisexual
Tristan Bridges, University of California, Santa Barbara and Mignon R. Moore, Barnard College
Since 1972, social scientists have studied the General Social Survey to chart...
We’re in a golden age of black horror films
Robin R. Means Coleman, Texas A&M University
In the horror genre, black is definitely back.
The movie “Ma,” which premieres on May 31, will star...
Political cartoonists are out of touch – it’s time to make...
Jennifer Grygiel, Syracuse University
The New York Times came under fire after a political cartoon appeared in print on April 25, 2019. In it, a...
At work, women and people of color still have not broken...
Tesa Rigel Hines, Purdue University Northwest
Did you notice the race of your barista this morning? What about the sex of your mechanic?
I have observed...
Why LeBron James’ I Promise School should be more like LeBron...
Nolan Krueger, University of Texas at Austin; Kevin O'Neal Cokley, University of Texas at Austin, and Marlon L. Bailey, University of Texas at Austin
When...
Does most of your paycheck go to rent? That may be...
Jessica Owens-Young, American University
New data on health across the U.S. shows that high housing costs are harming Americans’ health – and that some communities...
Skilled blue-collar jobs are growing – though women aren’t getting them
Eric Hoyt, University of Massachusetts Amherst and JD Swerzenski, University of Massachusetts Amherst
In the press, the phrase “blue collar” is often used as shorthand...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
